The San Diego Padres’ James Shields took a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants into the fifth inning on Tuesday night, falling 15 outs short of tossing the first no-no in franchise history. With nobody out in the fifth, Shields gave up a Brandon Crawford single up the middle for the Padres’ 7,511th game with…
Today is one of two days throughout the calendar year in which we’re most flush with no-no birthdays. Five pitchers of no-hitters celebrate April 26 as the day of their entrances into the world: Ray Caldwell (born in 1888), Jesse Barnes (born in 1892), Virgil Trucks (pictured above, born in 1917), Sal Maglie (born in…
The New York Yankees’ Nathan Eovaldi took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers on Monday night before losing his bid on a lead-off seventh-inning single by Nomar Mazara. Eovaldi, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound right-hander, attended the same Texas high school as Nolan Ryan – Alvin High School. And Eovaldi wears No. 30…
Tony Mullane, the Louisville Eclipse pitcher who threw the sixth no-hitter in major-league history, died 72 years ago today. On Monday, September 11, 1882, Mullane no-hit the Cincinnati Red Stockings for a 2-0 win at Cincinnati’s Bank Street Grounds. Mullane, who could throw both lefty and righty, pitched for 13 seasons, amassing a 284-220 record…
Today would be the 120th birthday of Andy Cooper, who threw a Negro National League no-hitter for the Detroit Stars in 1925. On Sunday, June 28, 1925, during the second game of a Sunday doubleheader, Cooper no-hit the Indianapolis ABCs for a 1-0 win. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound southpaw from Waco, Texas, was inducted into the…
Happy birthday to two no-no pitchers, Bill Singer and Howard Ehmke. Singer, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher celebrating his 72nd birthday, no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium on Monday, July 20, 1970 for a 5-0 win. Ehmke, born 122 years ago today, pitched for the Boston Red Sox. On Friday, September 7, 1923, he…